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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by izacus on Saturday May 02, 2026 @05:34AM (#47984873)
Just open any topic around systemd or Wayland here and see just how insanely unhinged people get at abusing OSS developers.

At this time the amount of toxic bile spewed at the OSS project I work on outpaces any good coverage by about 2:1.

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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by cybercatgurrl on Saturday May 02, 2026 @09:00AM (#47986041)
people get really weird hate boners about systemd and anything else Lennart Poettering has made. it’s kinda pathetic
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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by subscribed on Saturday May 02, 2026 @02:30PM (#47989043)
I remember the beginning of the project and IMO a large portion of that hate stems form the incredibly rude attitude of Poettering.
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Re:A Report on Burnout in Open Source Software Communities (... by em-bee on Sunday May 03, 2026 @11:10AM (#47997731)
which is a pity because in person he is actually really nice.
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